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THE TIMES FOUNDED laM.
THE DUTATCV FOUNDED I**
WHOLE NUMBER 19,208.
RICHMOND, VA MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1912.
I Ml WEATHER TO-D1Y?Cloady.
PRICE TWO CEXT&
Judge Archer A. Phle
gar Dies Suddenly
at Bristol.
HE HAD ATTAINED
HIGH POSITION
Former Member of Virginia Su?
preme Court of Appeals and
State Senate, He Was One of
Leading Lawyers of the
South ? Funeral in
Christiansburg.
< :xl to The Tlmee-I/sptiteh J
Bristol. Va., Dtcmb^r zL? Judg
Archer A Ph!'-gar. dlstingTi.shed Vir?
ginia lawyer and Jurist, died at hi*
dorn? here. fi\ anlai Mreet, at 10:ti
o'clock this tnornlnr He had been lit
jut one woes deeri neuStins frees
acute Bright's d:.->.-a*e. tollowlns an
attack of grip It was Judge Plilegar's
oft-*xpressed wish that he might die
"In harness.' and thlo wish was vir?
tually fulfilled, for he had Just con?
cluded the argument in an Important
'iv:l suit In the Corporation Court
her?. when he became 111 and had to
hasten M h:s home.
Had DUttnguliihed C areer,
ludge Hhl*g?r's rather sudden death
removes on* of the most distinguished
lawyers and Jurats, net alone of his
own Stat--, but of the entire South
w.t - in i .???<?-.ty upon .i5! Impor?
tant iu- ?r.?r.s of law. and dur>n*r ? i
years of active work made for himself
a reputation which only high merit
could possibly have attalne'. He was
never placed la any position of trust
or responsibility durlns his long career
as a lawyer and Jurist that he did not
rir-.i-t the demands of the oceaston with
- M! ty. and his eiceese ?"
emphasized by the extensive clientele
which he had represent-d for so many
??e^rs. In recent y-'-srs h. had been at
the head of the law Arm of Phlegar,
Powell, Price * Bkstcnu, of this city,
which firm has had an important clien?
tele extending over portions of Vir?
ginia. Tennesse.- and West Virginia,
and embracing clients among impor?
tant financial and e.erponvte interests
in New York Ctty ai*! otfter financial
and commerejal centres. Judge phlegar
continued hi* activities with, his wont?
ed vigor until seised with hi? fatal
illness a week ago. and up to that time
no man In Vlra-tnta had been tnor?
zealous la his attention to Important
duties
burlnf th? test fifteen years Judge
Phiegar hed not only represents! va?
rious important corporations In the
i apacity of legal adviser, but aside
from his s^rvio- :r. this capacity to the
Norfolk arid W.-t.-rn Railway Com?
pany, the Virginia and Southwest'-m
liailwav Cornpam . th* Carolina, clip,, h
fleld and Ohio Railway Company, and
kindred corporations, he had served
as receiver for the V!rg:-.!a. Iron, Coal
and Ooke Cosanuu*. which has a eap!
ta! stock of ? '.Saa, arid aft*-" hav
'ng by h:* wkaa business methods
brought this company out af a Stats
of financial embarrassment by I ti ?
larrely to Its eam'nrs. he wn.? mi.).
general counsel for the company. This
?vimpliment to h:? energy and abilf.y
had not bees Ionjc thrust -pon him
ir.tll he received the appointment at
the hands of Oirernor .T. Hog*- Tyler
lo ? position on the State Supreme
<"ourt bench. He was named to fill
? ?ut the unexpired term of the late
-fudge John W. Ri.lv. His desire to
aarsa his State w.u such that he 1m
tnedlatety restgr.rd .is ge-,eral counsel
for the Virginia Iron. Coal and Coke
""onrpanv. thus surrendering a hand-j
some ineom?- that he might he of direct
service to the people of his State.
*?er?cil la ? on federate Vrmsy.
Judge Phlegar was a son of Eii and
Ana C Phlegar. He was born at
1 "hrist.ansburg. in Montgomery Coun?
ty. tTaV, February 22. 1*4*. and was
therefore In his sixty-seventh year.
His early education was raaetWad at
the Montgomery Male aYewdaUfrf at
''hristiansburg. He later took the
ours* at Washington and baa Uni?
versity. He left the university to en?
ter the Confederate Army. He serveo
as a Soldler in the Kifth-fourth Vi
ginia IC siment. of which his un< l<
Robert C. Trig*, was colons'.. At tne
'lose of th? Civil Wsr. he stu :|.-i
Isw under the iate Judce Waller R
staples, of Chrlstiansburg. He w as sd
mttted to pmm bar at Christiansburg in
lt?9. He r-ipWly attained to ?minim e
in his profession One of the first po?
sitions h. Id by him aXte.- being sd
mltted to the t.ar was that of Com?
monwealth's sttoraey for Montgomery
County. He served as a member of
the Virginia State Senate in IS?I. .,nd
was aaaia elected t0 that body In
1903. and between that year an-* lt?c..
tied a conspicuous part in shaping tie
l<gislst;on necessary to make th?. Cn.l.
ef V.rgiraa conform to the new State
Judge Phlegar was tendered an ap
. t-nent ..n the Corp..ration Com
- >n of Virginia by Governor A. J.
MonTaga?. but derlint-1 this hon"r
Judge P1.1<"gar> death i? not only
a dtstlr.rt loss to the profeawton whleh
* he honored through so many years at
-\ ?- practice, but to th- Stst, and
? .ird to the Presbv teri? n
1
?Her sine? he was a ; man lie
I was the ten. ?er of the Mens Ftthl
rd< l^as of the Central Pr.-snv ?
Y Church, ef thl? <lt;.. MWi the e|?ss
met this afternoon to do honor to his
niemorv He took special pride in
asnadny school work, and as an in
strnctor on Bible toptrs was ttstin
gatshed for Ms sptneas ani at.llitv
At the tints of his death Judge!
Phleear was |fene-a| ro-m.. l f ., 1
Vi-gtrils sr.d S.. thw. stern Itailwav
l ompanv having succeeded Jelgr Jo-I
?eph I. Kelly in that Position upon
thr i?roTnotl?m of th? latter to the Cor-|
rswatton Cosrt Judge?l-tp ' I rVfober.
i'i* H. had alas served as arst Stan*
at ??< a director ir the Csro
' el l snd r?hio Railway
:t resigned thosie positions
eeene MBH ago M? was nr-,;^rt -.f
the Rar.a of ChrtstUnsbuig. a po
(CoaUnse- s?~?arlith rasre >
FINAL FIGHT OPENS
t.ovrrnnirnt Aaka He tr real of \< (ion
la Shoe Alarhlaery Trust t aar.
Washington, Decembor 22.?In view
of recent antitrust decisions, by the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Solicit >r-General lJullIlt. In the jov
'?rnni'fit's brief, made i.uBilc to-Uay.
asks the court to rent rse the action
of th. atesaaaak uaetts I-Vuerul tenet .n
annulling lndl< tments against official*
of the United Shoe Ma- hinery Com?
pany, which charged violations of the
Sherman antitrust law. The- brief
BMUrka the openmt; of the final tjxlii
aKain.it tiie officials. The case will |M
argued orally before the Supreme Court
about January S.
Tiie offlclaJs are charged with vio
I lMtag the law In ? mbin.ng Into one
> orporatlon. the United Shoe Ma<hiuery
i ?rnj.any. the four groups ot shoe ma
chi aery manufacturer*, iiameiy, the
1 ' .!??.iidated and Mcl iy II a Ma
'?hlnery Company, mar.ufa' turlng SO per
? at of the lasting machine.- in use,
?? M' Kay Shoe Machinery '"orapany,
manufacturing It p. r cent of all heal1
; ing Mai Innen and M per cant of all
metallic fastening machines, and Uta
? Goodyear Shi* Ma. hinery Company.
' manufaeturinc &9 per cent of all the
welt sewing and out-sole stitching ma
. . nine* and 10 per cent of all the last?
ing machines. They are charged fur?
ther with violating the law by leasing
atr patented machines on condition
that all their machines would be with?
drawn If the v;hoerr.akers patronized to
any extent "independent"' manufactu?
rers of machines.
BOLD BANDIT CAPTURED
Vrreatrd After Kagaglaa lu I lie IMslol
Plabta aad Rohberlra.
Seattle. Wash.. December .'.' ? A ban?
dit, who last night commandeered th-*
t .urinif car of Krank MoJermott, pres?
ident of a large department sto-e.
? compelled the chauffeur, r*har!es Os
: tand. to drive him about the city, h'ld
up a saloon and a gr-ocery store, en?
gaged in five running tight', and shot
two men. was arrested to-day.
He gave his name as Alexander
' Thompson, twenty-four years aid, and
-i ?! -i* was a sailor The highway?
man, after maklnc <>stand drive the
entire length of the city to George?
town and bark to the business district,
stopped in front of a saloon, marched
Oataad ahead of him into the saloon,
made the bartender give him |40. and
exonantted shots with a patron of th'
plana. nrt" bullet hitting Fuji Moto. a
Japanes-, in the leg. Twice be >ti
; gaged in a pistol battle with motorcy
: eta polloenion who pursued the auto?
mobile. During the chase Stephen
i Kalles, a laborer, was hit in the head
i and eereonaty wounded. The hlghway
j man next entered a grocery, obtained
; tU? and escaped after a pistol flsrht
' with tiie proprietor and later with a
policeman
LEFT ON THE "LID
?lasra. Meanbera at Cabinet Witt Spead
< hrlataaaa la Capital.
Washington. December 2-?In the
: absence over Christina* of President
Taft. Secretary of State Knox and Sec?
retary of tin Nary Meyer, the mem?
bers of the Presidents official baVttSe
hold who will le- here to direct affai.-a
at pasnrnnsent v.-ui be Bei ielnij of the
Treasury MacVeajrh. Attorney-General
w;. bars baas, s. cretary -a war stimson.
Pnatnaaater-Oeneral Hitchcock. Secre?
tary of I'ommerce snd Labor Nagel.
Secretary of the Interior Reiter and
Secretary of Agriculture Wilaon. All
of the latter officials, it ia expected,
will eat their Christmas dinners in
Washington,
"n ChrtatardM Day President Taft irUl
, he on the Isthmus of Panama: Be re
. tary of State Knox will be at his coun
j try home at Valley Forge. Pa., snd
I ? .-Mt.iry Meyer. With b.s Svn. George
von I. Meyer, Jr . will be quail huntir.g
in North Carolina, in the absence of
j his chief. Assistant Secretary Wilson
j will look after State Department mat
j tera.
GARROS COMPLETES FLIGHT
Preach Aviator I I tea From Toils,
AfHra. to Resse.
Rome. December St,?R iland G. Oar
ros. the French aviator, comp! .'ted to
jday his loryr flight from Tunis, Africa
[ Garros, after a splef.dtd Right from
? Tunis on Decerflber II. landed at Tra
pani. Sicily, a distance of about 1*?0
miles over th? Mediterranean Sea. He
l*"ft Trapsr.i jesterday a-r.d flew to the
Italian mainland. To-day he ccntinBad
his flight, st epping st Naples for lun ii
Favorable weather enabled him to
>o\er the iast stage of his journey at
great speed. He landed at Rome fully
an hojr and a half before he v.as ex?
pected. In making the landing the
aeropiar.e was sl.ciitly damaged, but
1 're -ros was not hurt.
The Aero Club gave a banquet in
his honor to-night, after which Garros
left fir Paris by train
REFUSES TO MURDER
taarehlst Aftern?* Owe life Mather
Thaa Kilt Klag.
Rome. December 22.?The Giornale
t"> ft.ilia publishes .. S'-nsational st"?
fa the erTei t that a young anarchist.
Henry Dal Ferro, of San Giovanni, in
Persireto. mar Bologna, who was des?
ignated by lot to assassinate King
VI for Kmmanuel. attempted to c-nmm t
?meide rather than carry out his m ?
sion Ferro, says the paper, ia now in
a h-Tltal In s serious condition.
General Rains Coming
for Christmas Week
VA aablaatea. lerr-eaaber Z2.?l.ea
rral ralaa la (he ?sntlrn sutr,
aad ?rr? aad raia la the Aorthera
?t?te* ea?? et the Wlaalastppl Itlo-r
ml |a the Snlksral are predicted
far this week by the Heather Ha?
rra a a* a re* a 11 ?? t n r ha n- e? saw
.-?Tins the far \artlweat aast the
Hla l.raeaV \ alley, wajrb will a*?*e
eastward 1- fbr area! ? ratral \ al?
ler -u. r.o.. aad the KeaSere *ta?e-a
Teeaday mr VA edafday.
V a at her dlafarSaaee will appear
la IS, far VA eat abaet AAederadar
aad- auf rearward, alteaded b*
J aeawa la ASartbera aad Wltldle
; ?lalea. aad preceded h* rtatea tea>.
' ae?a??r?a, 11 aaalaa ttar ni**l*?lppl
X ,iln nhnal Tkaratat sad the
Mtrm atate* i'rsaay ee naeweearr.
i ajb df-f araaarr wilt t*? fall awed
by a pi rasa af ?*<-! ealaVr weatbrr
mrr the aerster part af the eaaa
try eaas a* the nwrky Atawetatos.
FEDERAL TROOPS
ARE ANNIHILATED
Mexican Rebels Mas?
sacre Force Garrison?
ing Ascension.
FIGHTING LASTS
ONLY FEW HOURS
Battalion of Regulars Moving
Against Town, Hoping to
Pocket Insurgents and Cap?
ture Them?Merciless Cam?
paign of Extermination
in State of Morelos.
?3 Paso. Tex . December tl ??M&twgm*
Federal soldiers arrived to-day at
Ju?r?z to report that the Mi Federal
l-regular troops garrisoning Ascension
practically wer? annihilated Wedr.es
I day. when rebels atta< ked the town,
about seventy-five miles southwest of
. .Iuar?z
The attack was made shortlv after
ssHtatsrht. and fighting continued only
for a few hours. Th? garrison com?
mander reports to General Trm-v Abert
that he knew at only fifteen of hi a men
escaping besides I.imself. He is l.ld
laa at a ranch, he writes. The fate or
IM regulars at Guzman, nearby, is
Bat known. It is believed the town
was taken by rebels before Ascension
The rebels were commanded by G?n
. ere I Inez "Salazar. The -evolutionists
ar- reported as mobilizing at the cap
tured town. General lose Blanco, with
I St)0 Federal troops, is moving against
Axcnslon from the Casas Grandes
district to the south A traJt? bear
. lag 6o0 regular cavalry of the Sev
; enth Regiment arrived to-night at
Juarez from Chihuahua, and will go
early to-morrow Ptrainst the rebel
, mobilization.
j A battalion of regular infantry, it
j is sakl officially, i<s moving from the
! west against Ascension, forming a
' pocket, in which it hopes to trap the
n-hel force, which the Fe 'erals now
admit numbers some l.'iOO men. Rebel
agents at Kl Paso say that General
F.iscual Orozro. Jr.. is in the field
with more than ;. 00" men.
< ampalgn of K xtr rminitt Ion.
I Mexico City, December -2.?A colon?"
sMMVteaa negroes, located twent
nfilaa west of Durango. Is reported to
have been attacked by a band of re?
bels. Two of Um defenOers. accord?
ing to the report, were woun-ie,] and
a number of women mistreated. The
!. o. is sacked the. place.
Mobilisation of rebels in the State
of Morelos continues, but. according to
tit rivals here, the centre of greatest
activity on the part of the revolution?
aries H to-^ay along the Morelos state
line. l.ieutenani-Colone! Riveroll, the
federal commander, is conducting a
? ampslgn of extermination in mat dis
tri t. la which no prisoners are taJPM
and all wounded are shot to death aa
the fieK. Riveroll's force is razing
towns and isolated houses along the
wayside where it is suspected tnat re?
bels have obtained either f?o 1 or- shel?
ter, in: the Federal <-ommander has
adi.pte<i the plan of razing the house
j nearest the point where the railroad
or telegraph lines have been found cut.
The railroad stations at I'astor.
Atencengo ami t'uautlixco, near the
PaaMapMareMS state line, have been
burned b> the rebels.
Three hmMtrad and seventy-five In
di ins captured la the hllis of Oaxaca,
' together with twenty-five Zapatistas.
I have been sent north to Join the Fed?
eral ranks.
I The government officials and the
j Mexican press generally are minimiz
; mfc the importance of the prospective
' American note.
i _
American Captured.
B Paso. Tex.. December ZZ.?
Through Consul Thomas Edward? at
Juarez, the State Department directed
American military officers to request
the rescue, of J. I. Morris, an Ameti
. in Morris was taken captive by re
. bels Tuesday, when he attempted to
s ue ? burning bridge on the Mexieo
Northwestrn Railway. irMctj had been
set on fire by rebels. Since Morris
tarried Federal passports, it Is feared
' he will not be given any considera?
tion at the han :s at th" rebels
PASSED FIFTY YEARS AT SEA
Captain Roar Unit? Old to.mini, n ?rr
tlce at ?e\ent>.
Xe-a- Tork. December 2..?When Cap-!
tain R R Boaz brought the Old Do- j
minion steamship Hamilton Into this
port from Norfolk yesterday he ended
a half century's active service with the
company and ret!re,i from the s?n H?
had reached the age limit of seventy
vears. and under the rules of the Old
Dominion Une he will he piarrd on Its
pension list.
'"aptain Boaz experts to p*s? the'
re?t of his life In Brooklvn. where l,e
has lived for several years when not
gulling steamships he-ween New York
and Norfolk.
PARACHUTE IS TESTED
let* \ atninat teally far safef? ?I
I < later*
1 i is. December 22? Art ingepnxj?
aatonvatit parachute for aeroplanes
?V demonstrat-d from the Kiffel
Titger towiav The contrivance, which
eaaatatn etf ? vaal umhreifa fort? r?.t
in diameter, is spread by a system of
spr'nas operatfng !ns aitane.ni >]. and
automatical]* JtrectTf th? fat' h^t'n.
Th^ parachute was dropped to-day
MANY KILLED IN PANIC
Tea H..?Oe? %trra4i Itemrrrea I ma*
?"fee tm Ttetfia,
M issai m. l>-c#~?*r ft?A aim
caught lire during a cinematograph
la-rforimnn tn-n*ht ?t Rarroue*. neaa
Menln The flames caused a panic, and
many |x>r?oiw were killed or Injure* I
Tea bodies have been recovered I
RAILWAY CONTROL
OVER WATERWAYS
Domination of LinesCuts
Off Practically All
Competition.
REVELATIONS
MADE IN REPORT
Commissioner of Corporations
Has Completed Exhaustive In?
vestigation and Finds That
Water Carriers Are Auxili?
aries to Land Systems, Mak?
ing Latter All-Powerful.
Piincipa! Features
of Conant's Report
Railroad riimpisln and atram
? kip eomMnn t Ion* control the rrcu
lar doamllr atcamahlp lines of the
I nlted statra, ile-trojInK much com
prf Itlon.
Water tinea alone Atlantic and
? .I.if const* t? larae extent are aux?
iliaries or aubaidlarlea of railroad*.
Nerr fin ten system chanced ??> If h
attempting to supprca* eompetltloa
011 Ionic laland Sound.
New Ilaren ???Irin and the Kaat
er.| Mramiiklp I ompany. Id which
the railroad la a stockholder, eon
lr-?l \ew lurk ( llj-Nrn F.ngland
traflie.
southern Pacific Is declared to
' have nkirnn a disposition to reatrlct
steamship competition on the At?
lantic coaal.
Itailroada own the important
through pa**rnicer and packaicr
freight Hues on the l.rral lake*.
?onn- competition on the I'acISc
? ?o 1-1. hut railroad eoatrol also ia
found there.
Importmit hard coal tlecta oa
North Vllattle cusMi owned by frw
Krc.-tt anthracite railroads.
Railroads control <MI per erat of
milcaur oi pritatc canals, and hare
cauaed many tucb natrmsjn to be
abandoned.
Wratboand hnslnca* on F.rletaaal
vlrtunlly controlled by ml Iron da,
{ aad caathonnd bualnraa baa hero
largely diverted to the railroads.
Further Federal regulation of
Joint rail and water trafllc snc
j seated.
Washington. December 22.?Railroad
companies and steamship corporations
control the regular steamship ues of
the I'nite.i states and have destroyed
competition on many of the water
1 highways of commerce, declares Luther
'?'or.ant. Jr., Commissioner of Torpo
ranons. in a report to President Tmtt
to-day.
! The revelations of the report, based
j upon an extensive investigation, force
1 upon the Federal government, says the
commissioner, the consideration of fur?
ther regulations of joint rail ani v.a;et
traffic
In practically all the roast ?\ators
of the country, it is de> lired. railroad
or steamship consolidations dominate
water transportation. Their con'rol of
both through passenger and package
freight trade is especially striking,
says Commissioner Conant. on the At?
lantic Bad Gulf Coasts and on the
Great Lakes. Water lines alone; the
Kastern seaboard, he adds, have be?
come to a large extent auxil.aries or
subsidiaries of railroads. Wh.l,? com?
petition exists in greater measure on
tiie Pacific Coast, the commissioner
points out important instanc-a of
railroad control there.
-inicle Regular ?ervte*.
It is a striking fa<-t. says C >mi>'.Js
sioner Conant. that between a num?
ber of the more important ports on
the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts there is
only a single regular service.
The New Haven system. it is
charged, "has pursued a del. mined
poli' y of suppressing any effvtivc
competition on Long Island Sound, and
sevtral at least nf its re ent e.c'iuisi
tions must be charged a* due to this
policy " Elimination of com| etnlon
also was made an Important fa-tor. ,
said OaaMBtBBtBAMf fonant. in the New 1
Haven s B irch.ise of a majority :rter. ?t
in the Merchants' and Miners' Trans- ,
portation Company.
The extensive water traffic between
N'ew York <"ity ami New Kr.glan I p->rta 1
Is almost completely controlled, tm* ex?
port adds, bv the New Haven road
or by the Kastern Ster.mship Conv,'nn". !
in which the New Haven Is a cotisit- |
1 rahle stockholder, though -laim.ic to
have no voice in the> maoaeem- .V.
The Southern Pacific likewise is dc.
clared to hsv- shown "a disposltl-n to j
restrict competition" on the Atlantic.
Goast. although its steamship line* I
"are really a ????- ext. r.sion of that j
enmpanv s rail lines " In addit.or.. the
r. ;...ri s; ?. "the ?nf-?l ?f the So-ith
ern Pa. Ml bv the t'nlon Pacific (re
..tl disM lved by the mite* States
Supreme I'o'irfi obviously tended f"
limit the importance of -orr. p** "Ion
. fa th. rn pa .' ? s rail and water
NM '
Kallread* le ' aatrol.
The railroads e?n?rolllng the g-<at~st
tannage of steamship lin?s a crd.ng
!.-? |tr. fonsrt. are the New 'lav en sys?
tem. I'nton Pactnc.jUfnthern Pscifl.-, ire
Pennr Pania. New To'k ?'ent.al and
? . r,u ii ef o-jrts.
Nearly all Iba importsnt snthrs lte
rle-ts on ttie North AMsntir 0"SBt. tha '
commissioner says, arc owned by a ,
few a;re?t anthracite railroad*
A number of the principal anal* cf
the country hav? been abandoned *'
fallen :M" ?(?? '*e. th. rapo-t decinrcn. ,
?? of railroad HbMHM
The 1 UBBBtllBB here *rf fort ." BBBBJ '
Mr OMMsV ".-anno* fall ?0 command,
.ittento.n So far as the Resteer, part
the eoontry Is eemeerned. ?atar I ? ? s
nave tn a large eTtent became susft
lara? er eab* d'T'-aj af ?
T . ?<"?:? - e^a- a- st 01
of t .? nop '?? ? ? -') ?. '? ?! 'oa a -d
11? h water carri?'* ?Inee ??t-r eem
netttloa has in casrsbterable sx-tsui*
tCentinvied eeT~?Utb race)
TWENTY-TWO LIVES
LOST DURING GALE
Furness Liner Florence
Wrecked on St. Shotts 's
Ledges.
FIVE MEMBERS
OF CREW SAVED
Captain and Men Reach Shore,
but Unable to Scale High
Cliffs, Are Compelled to Put
Back to Stranded Vessel
and Death in
Waves.
St. Johns. N. F. December IS.?Twen?
ty-two of the twenty-seven members
of the crew of the Furness LJne
steamer Florence, from Halifax. N. S..
for St. Johns, lost their lives in the
J wreck of the vessel on the leOges west
: of St. Shotts during a Kale last Fri
I day. Five survivors, who reached land
I in a boat, brought the news to He?
j passed to-night. The steamer carried
I no passengers.
<'aptain Barr, of the steamer, and
j all his men reached shore after tne
j vessel struck, but the inaccessible
' cliffs of St. Shotts pr< rested their es
i cape Tile big tide, backed up by tne
j njrthwest gale, made it Impossible to
I remain there, and all hands were
? obliged to put back to the ship,
j Captain Barr felt UIP.M1I that the
I wind would go down, but Second Mate
j J. Hedley volunteered to take four men
tu one of the ship's botvta and seek S
t more favorable landing place further
'? along "the eoast. In the heavy seas
I the captain was unwilling to risk more
j lives, and gave his consent to the sec
I ond mate's expedition.
Ft ad Break In Ottnts.
With great difficulty Had lay piloted
Iiis boat along the coast unt'l he saw
a break in the rugged line of cliffs.
Pointing the nose directly into the
j surf, he avoided the outlying rocks,
and on the crest af a great breaker
ran in without being upset. Tum?
bling out hastily to avoid being lacked
back by the undertow, the mate ano
his four men dragged their boat up
the beach and made their way back
along the cliff to where their steam-r
lay.
The wind and sea in the meantime
had increased. The combers broke
continually over the decks of tne ves?
sel, which was grinding heavily on
the jagged rocks. Hedley and his men
searched in vain for some path by
I which the clifT might he scaled or th
I crew of the Florence heiped. The
j coast in that vicinity was uninhabited,
j The few fishermen's huts were de?
serted for the winter, and Hedley had
j to take refuge for the night in one
I of th? se abandoned shacks,
j At daybreak Saturday. Hedley found
j that tha v ind had been steadily in?
let easing. Hurrying back to the point
t off which the Florence lay. he could
' pee no sign of the steamer.
Considerable of her cargo of lumber
was floating along the shore, but no
[tratet! boats were visible.
Xo Traee In found
The five survivors made a l?ng and
.thorough search alon^ the shore for
t! ? ir shipmates, but no trace of tnetn
? was to be found. They tnen started
for St. Shotts. the nearest inhabited
j place, several miles distant. Two of
1 them were so exhauster from coid and
I exposur-: tkat th ?>? had to be assisted.
? These two were left at St. Shotts to
; recuperate, while the others pushed on
to Trcpassey. whence they sent word
. of the disaster to this city. They are
' not expected to arrive here before the
BwtMla of the week.
Besides Mate j Hexlley. the survivors
j axe Seamen \V. Wight. O. Malmqulat,
I E. Taylor and T. Smeding
j The steamer Florence was of 1.C05
j tons burden, and was built in Sun -er
land, England. In 1M!>. She was MJ '.
feet long, to.1 beam, with a depth ot
? I-'". I feet.
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
Forel SB Trade nt I alte? ?taten Heaebea
Utah lliurr.
Washington. December 22. ? Tne for
e'.rn trade of the Fnited States In IMS
will exceed all previous records. Fig?
ures Just compiled by the Bureau of
Statistic*. Department of Conn:
and Iatbor. Indl. ate that the imports
of the year will approximate fl.SttO.
oan.aoo. against $1.5?3.?*o.ano in MM
which was the former high record
year for imports, and that th. exports
w!B aggregate $5. against
t: ?"??*.oan.nao :n the former hlgn record
v?ar for ? xports in IM I. The calendar
year also will break al! records in the
value of both Imports and exports
The increase in imports occurred
especially In monufa. tures of taw ma?
terials whl<-h. for the ten months of
which flpMre* are arallabb. arm-unt->?
to 1?JJ.?TJ.*?V again*' $421.S?*. !n
the same months of la-' yet
crease er*uri ?d espeo.-iiiv ? hi<?e* and
skins, wht? h skew a gain ?f 13 :.***."*?:
mhher. about IJO.tOO.P**. wont, over
fl5."**.aao. aast Nt>re*. si****.** In
f.^ds' iffs Imp.ir's "f coffee *h..?ed an
tncreaae of ?31 t?*?..t?* and augnr
?JJ.ate.ao? Fxports of cotton for the
? leren months of !?V2 amounted to
fSjI aoa.eoa. agaimrt t**n ?>*? for
tho same month* in 1*1! Wheat ex?
perts far the mmnrnt probaalr will
amount to V- s*.se*.r>a" exceeding by
, , r.nn ana . w. ..-?-,. cr iast
M'ADOO IS HONORED
taf< tppetat? Uta? l? Med Crneo Heard
New T"-tb. December 27 ?William
'. M< *d..? VI '??rbtlrtniin of the t?#m
wratrr Nali"':a. t'nmmlt'ee. ann- ur ed
to-d.r that he had revived notice of
Ma a taped titrnent by fre.-.*. nt Ts*t t..
rnembtrsWf "f tse Board of dlrect?no
,f the in -1 an Wa'ioral n.-4 C o*.
- r''t- all a ve-anrv caused hv
the rea'gnatton of Mtnl-sl teeorge
I >eThe appoint inent was ratified
by other members of the board at a
VISITS HIS OLD OFFICE
Wilson Hack In .m f rom W bleb He
Kulrd rrlnectou.
i Princeton. N .1 . December 22.?
President-elect Votttn Wilson he
came President Wilson of fnn< "ton
I'niverslty," again tor a law minute*
to-day.
After a five-hour walk through
Princeton, during wimh h- n-te 1 .1?
guide for iu:lf a do/o-u correspondents.
Um Governor turned itit%> garenty Ml?
Mall, a dormitory donated by the class
; of IsT'.t. of which he was a ?ambl 1
j "'By virtue of the fact th it UM > ;..\ -
; "nor of New Jersey is SI onVIO print
' -lent of the board of ttust ?>.? of Prince?
ton I'niversitv. I suppose it i. still
proper for me to go in here.'" s.ihl Mr
Wilson, as he led his retinue up ? ilitht
of stairs. At the entrance to the suite
of rooms in the dormitory, which were
especially fitted up for the president of
the university, he paused. "| still here
the key." he remarked, as he dr. m
forth a bunch of keys from his pocket
and opened ties big oak door.
The big room from which IT noil an
Wilson once ruled MnoQtOB L'u.v.-rsity
was dark and vacant. The furniture
had been moved out and the rugs a/ere
gone. The handsome carvings on th
walls, the big fireplace and the deco?
rations, however, were Intact It was
the first time the former president of
the university had seen his old office
in two years.
During the coming week OuMIBBf
W'llson will be for the most part at
the State House in Trenton, where h?
has conferences scheduled with Speaker
? 'iark Itepresentative T'nderwood. Sen
ator Hoke Smith and a rumber of other
Democratic leaders in Congress. He
?heard with regret of the lUneSI ,,f Mr.
Underwood, he said, and expressed the
hope thnt his indisposition would b :
j only temporary.
ARGUE FOUR DAYS MORE
Then "Dynamite Conspiracy" Case Will
Go to Jury.
Indianapolis, Ind.. December 22 ?
Pour more days of argument will con?
front the Jury when the "dynamite
conspiracy" trial Is resumed to-mor?
row. One ani one-half days remain
for the defense of the forty men on
trial, in whose behalf Senator John W.
Kern and William X. Harding will
speak. Two and one-half days will bo
used by District Atto-ney Miller.
, ?""uri-stnia*? Day the government will be
. In the midst of Its argument that ail
1 of the defendants were Implicated in
I the McXr.mata dynamite plots. It is
j expected that Tederal Judge Albert B
; Anderson's charge to the Jury will l.e
'gin by next Friday morning. The cour*
' already his stated that the law bear?
ing on the conspiracy charges w il! be
; set forth clearly, and that the jurors
I will he instructed jest what Beiden ?
? to.apply to certain of the defendant--.
' Tins Is a trial not of labor unionism.
J but of labor union officials accused of
1 wrongdoing." Judire \nderson repeat
! edly has satd
I Both Senator Kern and Mr. Harding
J stated that they will speak particu
. larly in behalf of Olaf A. TveUmoe and
Eugene A. Clancy, of San Francisco,
. who are accused of violating the Fed?
eral statutes regulating Imill|l11 Ml lull
I of explosives in connection with SZ
j plosions at L?f Angeles.
EXPLORE ARCTIC LANDS
F.speditloa Will Set Out for the North
In July.
' Washington. December 22.?Ensign
FitzhUR'h Green. I*. S. X.. has been de
Itatted to accompany the "Crocker Land
expedition" to the Arctic, which sets
?out r.ext July, and he will act as pho
I tocrapher and physiographer.
This latest Arctic enterprise pur?
poses to est-iblish the existence of and
' to survey a body of land commonly
cf.Hei Crocker I.nnd. which Explorer
Peary reported he had seen in lfrt't
.from Cava Thomas Hubbard at ? dis?
tance of shout 196 miles across the
I ice. Adjoining territory also will be
explored and mapped.
The exnedition will be a ?.int under?
taking und"r the- auspi.es of the
American Museum of Natural Hhttory
and the American Geographical Society
and Ya'e Pntteenlty. It will be under
the le.-.der.ihip of Donald Mc Millan, who
was with Peary on the North Pole trip
In 1909.
NOTABLE GATHERING
??BnBn Will Kntertaln smeriean His?
torical Vaaoriaf ton.
Boston. Mas?.. December 22. -Several
'undred government oflVrials. histo
rians. political economists, socl dog'sts,
j cirnalists and teachers from .'11 over
in. . oiintry will be in Boston lor the
last five days of the month, when the
American Historical Association will
be in session. Colonel Roosevelt, as
president of the arsociati in. n ill de?
liver an address Friday' night on "His?
tory .is Literature."
The meetings will bring to Boston
members of the American Economic
,\- ration. American Political Science
Association. American So. 1 'logical So
\:- ? ri.-an Statistical Association.
American Asso. ration for leabor Lcj
isi t, .:. the Mississippi Valley II,s
: baanaanfllpn and the Haw Eng?
land History Teachers' Association.
?lesander II. White Itead.
Na h\ llle. Tann.. December 22. ? Alex?
ander B. White, of Parrs. Tann.. a
p-om nc-? banker, died at his home In
this ritv this morning, aged fifty-four
ve.im. ID 's survived by his wife, who
is th* president-general of the Pnlte.l
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Allen Arthur Ryan
in Serious Condition
Neva V ark. leerem her iti.? ?lira
\rthar n>aa. the eldest *an af
Ibra? Fartnar H)?, the aaaa
cker. ati waa a aerated an recently
In the i.rnrral Haapltsl far aHdamt
nal 1 rouble*, la la a %rr? aerkan*
candttkan In that N?lllall??. ac
eardlna fa a ballet la laancd fa-alebt
I., (be phvetctaaa la attendaace.
Hka ewndllkan berame an arate la
the late iflrrasai and the rarlt
pert af <be eaeahsa Iba? memt-era
of bba famllv tnrladlaa bl* father,
ma ?her aad brat her. l.lenndeaala.
and Ma wtfe. remained at hi* bed
? kaV TW hwllelbs Ii 1 a d le-atekt
readi
-nr. Ryan'a ceandttlan ?? ?crj ae
rtao*. ban) fee daetara arr baprfnl
af bta I.
TURNING POINT
mm 10-8?
Crisis in London Peace
Conference Is at
Hand.
ALL DEPENDS ON
TURKEY'S REPLY
It Porte Consents to Waive De?
mand for Revictualing Adrian
I ople. Then Balkan Allies Will
Present Their Terms.
Otherwise War Will
Be Resumed.
ixmdon. December 22.?Th>- crisis, of
I..-- peace i onference will be ruacbed
hi tri.- session to-morrow. If the Turks
decide to wane their demand for re
victualing Adrianople the allies will
present their terms for peace. The
conferen< e can th.-n prrr.-e. d to the dts
CaSalon '>f its real T7usiness.
To-day the Turkish *%brnc-t mat atii.
telegraphed instructions to the Otto
man delegation. All the delegations
held conferences at their hotels ano
dispatched long cipher telegrams to
their governments.
The allies oppose the Turkish re?
quest for the provisioning of AdrlSB
ople, not only because It would give
the enemy a greav advantage in event
of the resumption of lighting, wh'tch
I would not have been earned by arms.
1 but on technical grounds, because the
delegates have not the power to re?
open military questions which the
Tchatalja conferees, who signed the
armistice, dealt with.
Opening another chapter of warfare
is a step which the allies do not invite,
but for which they profess to be full>
prepared. While suspicion exists that
th<? Turks have been sparring to gain
time since the conference assembled
ten days ago. the consensus of opin?
ion is that the Turkish government
will recognize the situation and con?
clude peace, and that the political alt
j uation in Constantinople dictates that
j course. The advice which the principal
powers have oeen gT.ing Turkey is
, in the direction of peace.
Ready to Resume War.
The Bulgarians declare that if the
[ T.rkK are not ready to come to terms
j and if none of the powers offers ac?
ceptable mediation, the allies are ready
' to resume the war ynrnedlately with
I renewed ardor, greater vigor and a
J deeper feeling that they will achieve
j ultimate victory because, as they them
i selves express it. they "are fignting not
i only for the, independence of the Bal?
kans, but fo? Western civilization
against the irad'tional Kastern enemy.'
1 Among the allies the claim is made
i that their military position huj been
greatly strengthened, and if th.-y must
' reopen the war they can muster be
j tween Adrianople and Tchatalja
ISg.PsO men. including 100.000 Bulga?
rians who are veterans of the Novem?
ber battles; l.">0.000 fresh and well
drilled Bulgarians, anxious to emulate
tneir brothers-In-arms: Sfl.unO Servians
and 4*,*f)8 ilr.-eks. who can b- landed
at Dedeagatch and Knos at a moment's
I notice.
i Most of the military men lu re be
i lieve the alli-s will not attack the
Tchatalja lines, which have been rein?
forced with fresh troops and t':e for?
tifications strengthened, but will await
! the attacks of the Turks behind their
I entrenchments. a-hile pressing the
' siege of Adrianople and forcing its
' capitulation.
Both, the Turkish and Bulgarian
i armies are supposed to have construct
' ed new works at Tchatalja since they
I gained much information regarding
j the r.-specttve positions in tht recent
fighting.
May Bah Mediation.
Constantinople. December 22?The
Cabinet to-day discused the peace
, negotiations and forwarded fresh ln
' BtruCtoins by wipe to the delegates
.it Load in. It is believed in some quar
| ters that Turkey is about to inveke the
good offices of the powers to promote
; an agreement.
I Milit?r:, feeling constinues strongly
in favor of reopening hostilities rather
than surrender Adrianople. Relnforce
' meats arrive alrrmst daily from Syria
and Kurdistan. Several important or
1 ders for guns and war stor-s hses
j been pla' ed abroad.
The military party favors remaining
1 on the defensive In the winter SBsf
' assuming the offensive in the spriagT
Wt. 1- this military spirt undoubtedly
endangers the stabllty of the CabtBSt?
it is not shared by sober-minded cttl
; zens. who are anxious for the conclu
j sion of peace.
i Mssattoa is belra: devot?d bv the
roverrment to reforms In the Anato
I Man provinces, and it Is proposed te
I sead a special commission of inquiry
j to the Armenian provinees.
B'lsrade. I>ecert.- 2-V ? Premier
teh who yesterday apologised gP
the Austrian COSMI II r V >-haaa?,
? ? ? gu.lry eol
should be tjt.J tl-.at
when the Austrian consuls returned SO
their poets they should rereire the
f-.ll honors due t.ielr p..?<tioaw
Dtspatches from the Servian hesd
? i-.arte-K at t'skup report that in spite
sfl the armistice the Turks repeatedly
Itact the Servian*. D<?t Prtlsy ttm
n troops near fVutart were at -
larked and In a severe engagement the
Turks were re poised
ersble toss
I I
Ixmdon. Derember ZZ.?Aeeardias to
relegrapl c. enttesi
? the Tarktsh delegates Is thai tiro
admission of Oreece into star Beads]
--nee* Introduces as Otterpe, ted
-t wh . k I] - de?, lety to
ttm
?b*??S.
? r-..n
cted that when the
-ranged the <i <t tat
e reetrtuallng of ttm
?e the*- rtHllll ifjl
with Bslgarta. ?n ?t%
and fast pom
?seed ca Stith -